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Not Working by Lisa Owens: Episode 6

Not Working by Lisa Owens

Episode 6

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Not Working by Lisa Owens, Episode 6

Lisa Owens' "generation-defining" comic debut novel, read by Emily Bruni.

Claire discovers cracks in the walls of her flat - seemingly matching those in her relationship with Luke. Read by Emily Bruni.

Claire discovers why she should have had the buddleia removed: cracks are appearing in the flat, seeming to match those in her relationship with Luke. 

Lisa Owens' comic debut, depicting thirtysomething Claire Flannery's life as it unravels in minute and spectacular ways.

Continued by Emily Bruni.

Claire Flannery has quit her marketing job in order to search for her true vocation. But months have passed and she's no closer to understanding what she wants to do with her life. It doesn't help that Luke, her long-term partner, is passionate about his job, which also happens to be one of the worthiest in the world... he's training to be a brain surgeon.
 
In addition, she's fallen out badly with her mother – who refuses to accept Claire's revelation that her grandfather exposed himself to her with she was little. It hadn't seemed like a big deal to Claire at the time, but her mother's reaction has left her hurt and reeling.

Abridged by Robin Brooks.

Producer: Kirsteen Cameron.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2016

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